Context is Key: Where is the Work Happening?
Our inquiry driven approach sets us up to provide grantees with targeted, strategic funding and thought partnership that reflects the conditions where they work.
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Context is Key
Learn more about the considerations that we take into account as we develop strong working relationships with our grantees
Context is Key: Who’s Doing the Work?
In my role as SFE’s Executive Director, one of the core philosophies that I ask our team to keep top of mind is the belief that “context is key.”
Building the World We Deserve
We are on a journey that is not without significant obstacles, but I also see it as an opportunity to grow together.
What You Need to Know About Privacy, Personal Data, and COVID-19
SFE grantees are developing resources to help us learn more about maintaining a balance between protecting our privacy and strengthening our collective public health.
Understanding Our Place in a Changing World
Katy Knight explains how SFE’s questions-first approach will feel more relevant than ever post pandemic.
Framing the Big Picture
As responsible grantmakers, we make sure that SFE’s support goes to grantees whose work advances practice in each of our interest areas, improves our understanding of the key challenges we face, and presents potential solutions.
What Is Effective Philanthropy?
We believe that strengthening the nonprofit sector as a whole through practicing Effective Philanthropy can happen through supporting individual organizations, sharing lessons with others, and engaging our peers to learn about best practices.
How Will AI and Automation Affect Cities?
The Scalable Cooperation Group at MIT has embarked on a set of research projects that aim to illuminate many facets of the future of work.
Our Next Chapter in “Career Readiness”
In our work to prepare the next generation for rapid digital transformation, SFE spends a lot of time considering what it means to be empowered to make impactful, well-informed decisions about careers.
What We Mean When We Talk About Computational Thinking
At SFE, we see any shortcomings of explicitly STEM-based programs as an opportunity for growth in the realm of computational thinking.